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Wisconsin Spoils #15 Purdue Senior Day, 97-93

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THE WISCONSIN RECAP

Wisconsin 97, #15 Purdue 93 (Postgame Notes)

  • Wisconsin edged No. 15 Purdue 97-93 on Senior Day in Mackey Arena, dropping the Boilermakers to 23-8 overall and 13-7 in the Big Ten Conference.
  • The loss was Purdue’s first on Senior Day since the 2019-20 season.
  • Since the calendar flipped to the year 2000, both Purdue and Wisconsin have won 23 meetings against each other. Ten of the last 11 meetings have been decided by 10 or fewer points.
  • Purdue ended the season 6-4 in Big Ten home games. In the previous three seasons (2022-23 to 2024-25), Purdue lost four league home games combined.
  • Purdue’s seven losses came by a total of 38 points (5.4 per game).
  • Purdue’s senior class ended their careers with 58 Big Ten Conference victories, the fifth most in a career in league history (Purdue 2025 – 59; Purdue 2024 – 59; Indiana 1978 – 59; Indiana 1977 – 59).
  • Over the last six games, opponents are shooting 160-of-304 (.526) from the field against Purdue and 66-of-158 (.418) from 3-point range.
  • Purdue is now 31-2 in its last 33 games when outrebounding its opponent and having fewer turnovers than its opponent, losing to both UCLA and Wisconsin this season.
  • Purdue is now 55-3 under Matt Painter when outrebounding its opponent by at least 12 rebounds and having fewer turnovers than its opponent. The other two losses came to North Florida (Dec. 6, 2014) and Gardner-Webb (Dec. 22, 2014). The three teams that have beaten Purdue in these instances are a combined 42-of-81 (.519) from 3-point range.
  • Purdue saw a 134-game winning streak end when scoring 90 or more points, dating to a 104-96 loss to Iowa State on Nov. 24, 1987.
  • Braden Smith scored 20 points with nine assists, three rebounds and two steals against no turnovers. He now has 1,029 career assists, needing two to move past Ed Cota for third on the NCAA career assists list and 10 to move past Chris Corchiani into second.
  • Smith ends his career with 585 assists in Big Ten Conference games, the record by 107 assists over Cassius Winston (478).
  • Smith’s 271 assists this season are the sixth most by a Big Ten player in league history and he became the only player in NCAA history to have three seasons of 450 points, 250 assists and 100 rebounds. His three seasons account for three of the eight seasons of at least 450 points, 250 assists and 100 rebounds all-time by Big Ten players.
  • The 168 assists by Smith are the second most by a Big Ten player in league history during conference play only (Jeremy Fears Jr., has 166 assists entering tomorrow).
  • Fletcher Loyer scored 23 points with three rebounds, two assists and two steals, making 6-of-9 from long range.
  • Loyer became Purdue’s all-time leader in career 3-pointers made with 282, surpassing Carsen Edwards (281). He also became the all-time leader in career 3-pointers made in Mackey Arena with 148, surpassing David Teague (146).
  • Loyer surpassed 1,700 career points, moving into 15th place on the Purdue career scoring list (1,704 points).
  • Loyer and Smith played in their 141st career game, tying Dakota Mathias (2015-18) for the most games played in Purdue history.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — John Blackwell made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Nick Boyd added 23 and Wisconsin set a school-record with 18 3-pointers in a road game Saturday in a 97-93 win over No. 15 Purdue.

The Badgers (22-9, 14-6 Big Ten) have won three straight overall and six of their last eight after going 18 for 34 from beyond the arc. That tied the second-highest single-game 3-point total in school history, and they also set a school record with 12 3s in the first half, despite playing without forward Nolan Winter, who has an injured left ankle.

Fletcher Loyer had 23 points and six 3-pointers, making his 282nd career 3 to break Carsen Edwards’ school record. Braden Smith had 20 points and nine assists, while Trey Kaufman-Renn added 17 points. Smith, Loyer and Kaufman-Renn all played their home finales.

It marked the first time in nearly 14,000 days and 135 games Purdue topped the 90-point mark and lost. The last time it happened was against Iowa State in Nov. 24, 1987.

And after holding a 52-47 halftime lead and watching Purdue charge back in the second half by taking a 62-61 lead on Smith’s midrange jumper with 14:59 to play, the Badgers answered immediately with back-to-back 3s from Aleksas Bieliauskas to make it 69-62.

When the Boilermakers took a 73-72 lead with a 3 at the 10:04 mark, Wisconsin again answered again with a 3 — and never trailed the rest of the way.